Mary Ann Strickland was listed in the 1860 census of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama but by the 1870 census she was located in Fayette County, Texas, indicating she migrated from Alabama to Texas sometime in that decade. The document also mentions differences in per capita income between Alabama and Texas at the time, as well as a letter from Texas, suggesting economic factors may have influenced Mary Ann Strickland's decision to relocate from Berry, Alabama to Johnson County, Texas.